About the fact that the heir of Huajian School is a girl

The two have a colleague relationship.

Xie Chengxuan's body moved.

"Lord Li... Marquis!? When did you return to Beijing!?"

Li Qingcha shook his head and put one hand on Xie Chengxuan's shoulder. With his Qi flowing, the snow on Xie Chengxuan's body faded away at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually revealing the red official robe underneath.

Afterwards, she said to the soldiers of the Beijing camp behind her: "Prepare warm water and quilts, go quickly!"

Before the soldiers responded, the troops arrived.

"Who is coming?"

Li Qingcha pretended not to hear anything and said to the soldier, "Why don't you go quickly?"

The soldiers folded their hands.

"promise!"

They left in a hurry.

When the soldiers from the military department saw that they were being ignored, they held the swords at their waists with one hand and tried to arrest Li Qingcha, but when they saw Li Qingcha's face, they immediately wilted.

Someone said, "My Lord, why are you..."

Li Qingcha said, "You guys should also prepare warm water and quilts! One more thing, officials who have lost consciousness should wipe their bodies with snowballs first. If any of the officials are frozen to death, watch out for your lives!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Silence falls,

Those people from the military department did not take any action.

The officials around him cast their eyes towards Li Qingcha, with a rekindled spark of hope in their eyes.

Marquis Wuding has returned to Beijing!

With Marquis Wu Ding around, things are looking up.

At this time, Chu Zhongtian's tired voice came from the front.

"Marquis Wu Ding, there is no need to embarrass them. They are just following orders."

Li Qingcha walked quickly.

Chu Zhongtian was standing at the front of all the officials. His face was pale from the cold, but he looked fine.

Beside him, Chu Anyun, the eldest daughter of the Chu family, was also there.

She was wrapped tightly, with a ruddy complexion, and was using her hands to help stretch muscles and loosen tendons through her father's official robes. It was obvious that she was ready for a protracted battle.

Li Qingcha whispered, "Master Chu, why are you taking the lead in kneeling down to make a statement... er..."

She looked at Chu Zhongtian's knees.

Well, I didn’t kneel.

A sly smile flashed across Chu Zhongtian's face, but because of his stiff face, it turned into a bitter smile.

He said, "Kneeling to make a remonstrance? Lord, there are countless weak and frail officials among the civil and military officials. In such a cold weather, if they were to kneel to make a remonstrance, I'm afraid someone would have died long ago."

Another university scholar nodded.

"Only by balancing and stalemate can the situation be balanced. No matter if it's the Crown Prince or the Second... cough... no matter who ordered the closure of the court, we can't let him be defeated so easily, don't you think?"

These officials are indeed quite cunning, but they are also dedicated to the country and the people.

Li Qingcha whispered, "How many days has the court been closed?"

Chu Zhongtian said: "Four days."

Calculating the time, it started from the day when Buyan sent a message in the group.

Li Qingcha pondered for a moment and asked again: "Do you know... um... the emperor..."

There are some taboos that cannot be asked directly.

Chu Zhongtian understood.

"My Lord, the most troublesome thing now is that we don't know the situation in the palace. The palace has told the outside world that the emperor is ill and unable to attend court. What we are most afraid of now is... Alas..."

The following words were not stated explicitly.

The change of imperial power is often the time when a country is most likely to experience unrest.

In this case, the emperor knew that he was dying, so he would let several of his most trusted ministers enter the palace to write a will and arrange his funeral affairs.

The configuration of the ministers entrusted with the care of the orphans is generally fixed.

The civil servants who supported the prince, the powerful eunuchs, the royal relatives who held military power...

The problem now is that without anyone to entrust the child to, he is left hanging like this.

Li Qingcha asked: "Are you sure you are sick?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

"Confirmed. The Supervisor has been to the palace to check, and it is true that he is ill. The Supervisor should not be wrong, right?"

"Did you take the medicine?"

"I'm already taking medication, but it's said that there's no improvement. I can only stay in bed and recuperate. If it remains like this for a while without any progress, then I can only..."

"The Crown Prince is the regent, I understand."

"..."

Chu Zhongtian was silent.

Li Qingcha looked around and said, "Master Chu, it's not a good idea for you to just stand outside like this. We can do without the morning court, but we can't do without the officials. Are you going to handle government affairs?"

Chu Zhongtian was helpless.

"We... ah... who would have thought that the people in the palace would be so patient? It's already been four days..."

"Do you think it's the crown prince or the second prince?"

"It seems that the only person who can order the closure of the court, besides the emperor himself, is..."

Chu Zhongtian didn't say it clearly.

Old fox!

Even at this time, I still have reservations~

Li Qingcha knew that the other party wanted to talk about the Queen Mother, so he stopped asking and continued, "Grand Secretary, you should take all the officials back to their respective departments to work first. You can't just waste time like this and let the entire Daxia come to a standstill."

Chu Zhongtian looked in the direction of the Meridian Gate.

"In the palace..."

"If the Grand Secretary trusts me, let me figure it out."

"In that case, let the Marquis handle this matter. I and other Grand Secretaries will persuade the officials to return to the court. By the way, if the Marquis cannot enter the palace, you may ask the Supervisor to come out."

Li Qingcha: ￣□￣｜｜

Older gingers are more spicy,

Chu Zhongtian is an old hand who really knows how to use the opponent's force to his advantage.

Chapter 614 Entering the Palace

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With Chu Zhongtian's order, the officials would naturally not stay in the Wumen Square anymore.

The young officials shook off the snow on their bodies, and then helped their older colleagues, tremblingly walking towards Liubukou.

The soldiers from the military department brought them quilts to wrap themselves in.

Soon, the servants outside approached with a carriage, led the officials onto the carriage, and left in a hurry.

Call ~

Li Qingcha let out a long sigh.

Regardless of whether it was the Crown Prince or the Second Prince's idea, she was really afraid that the civil and military officials would be defeated by these two brothers.

Fortunately, I have successfully passed this stage.

At this time, Chu Anyun came over.

"Master Hou."

She greeted Li Qingcha, but because she was wearing thick clothes, her movements were not large.

Li Qingcha nodded.

"Miss Chu."

"Um...uh..."

He stuttered, as if he had something to hide.

Li Qingcha asked curiously, "Miss Chu, if you have anything to say, please speak up."

Chu Zhongtian sighed.

"An Jun, I've told you a long time ago that Marquis Wu Ding has a very close relationship with His Highness the Seventh Prince. As long as she enters the palace, no one will dare to deal with His Highness the Seventh Prince. You don't need to worry."

Li Qingcha: ￣□￣｜｜

The Seventh Prince is quite capable~

She coughed lightly,

"Your Highness the Seventh Prince has a kind and gentle personality. He is unwilling to get involved in unclear matters. He will have no problem protecting himself."

This is a reassurance.

Chu Anyun nodded, bowed to Li Qingcha and thanked him in a low voice.

Afterwards, she turned to Chu Zhongtian.

"Father, I'll wait for you in the carriage."

Chu Zhongtian waved his hand and asked his daughter to leave first.

Chu Anyun then took his leave.

After watching her back, Li Qingcha turned his gaze to Chu Zhongtian. He looked around to make sure that there was no one around, then asked, "Master Chu, the Queen Mother should be respected in the palace now, right?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

"Yes."

"Then who do you think instigated the Queen Mother to order the closure of court?"

"Oh, instigation, your Excellency really used that word... Since your Excellency is being frank, then I don't have to hide anything anymore."

Chu Zhongtian crossed his arms, rubbed his body to keep warm, and stamped his feet.

Li Qingcha slowly released his Qi.

The wind around seemed to have calmed down a bit.

Chu Zhongtian was stunned.

"Marquis Wu Ding's cultivation..."

After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided not to continue asking, because he himself had a shallow understanding of monks and it would be useless to ask.

He changed the topic back,

"My Lord, the question you just asked is not easy to answer."

Li Qingcha was surprised.

As far as she knew, the Queen Mother and the Empress were close because after entering the palace, the Empress adopted a strategy of pleasing her mother-in-law in order to keep her position as the Queen and also help the Crown Prince to stay in power.